Restaurants serving smaller portions for cash-strapped consumers, baby boomers
In these tough economic times, restaurants are beginning to get the message. Consumers don’t want or need plates heaped with […]
Food
Alice Waters and the locally grown, organic food movement
It brought back memories. The movie “Food Fight: Revolution Never Tasted So Good” shows scenes from Berkeley, Calif., in the
David Korten calls for new economy based on real values, wealth
If you like Yes! Magazine, you’ll love David Korten’s new book “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to
Organic Transitions offers way to survive and thrive in turbulent times
The Organic Consumers Association is offering a new grassroots campaign called Organic Transitions. It’s designed to mobilize consumers and local
Baby boomer Michelle Obama planting White House organic vegetable garden
It’s exciting that Michelle Obama, a baby boomer, is organizing an organic garden at the White House. It’s a good
Baby boomers and global warming
How will global warming affect baby boomers? I thought about it a lot in the last 24 hours as I
Tips for baby boomers on how to buy auto insurance, carpet, or bicycles and select a kennel, housecleaner, or appliance repairer
One of the best consumer resources available for baby boomers is Checkbook magazine. It provides ratings of local businesses in
What do you need to do about the peanut recall?
At first it didn’t seem too worrisome. Products from the Peanut Corp. of America, a firm that has allegedly shopped
Baby boomer consumers need to know about product recalls
What you don’t know about product safety could kill you. When I began writing for consumers in 1977, I was